1952–53 Boston Bruins season explained

The 1952–53 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 12, 1952	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	0–0–1
2	W	October 16, 1952	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	1–0–1
3	L	October 18, 1952	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	1–1–1
4	T	October 19, 1952	2–2	New York Rangers (1952–53)	1–1–2
5	T	October 22, 1952	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	1–1–3
6	W	October 25, 1952	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	2–1–3
7	T	October 26, 1952	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	2–1–4
8	L	October 30, 1952	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	2–2–4
9	L	November 1, 1952	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	2–3–4
10	L	November 2, 1952	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	2–4–4
11	W	November 6, 1952	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	3–4–4
12	W	November 9, 1952	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	4–4–4
13	W	November 11, 1952	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	5–4–4
14	L	November 13, 1952	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	5–5–4
15	L	November 15, 1952	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	5–6–4
16	L	November 16, 1952	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	5–7–4
17	W	November 19, 1952	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	6–7–4
18	L	November 20, 1952	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	6–8–4
19	W	November 23, 1952	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	7–8–4
20	W	November 27, 1952	3–1	New York Rangers (1952–53)	8–8–4
21	W	November 30, 1952	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	9–8–4
22	W	December 4, 1952	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	10–8–4
23	W	December 6, 1952	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	11–8–4
24	T	December 7, 1952	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	11–8–5
25	W	December 10, 1952	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	12–8–5
26	L	December 11, 1952	1–10	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	12–9–5
27	T	December 14, 1952	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	12–9–6
28	L	December 17, 1952	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	12–10–6
29	T	December 18, 1952	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	12–10–7
30	W	December 20, 1952	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	13–10–7
31	L	December 21, 1952	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	13–11–7
32	L	December 25, 1952	1–2	New York Rangers (1952–53)	13–12–7
33	L	December 27, 1952	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	13–13–7
34	L	December 28, 1952	1–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	13–14–7
35	W	January 1, 1953	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	14–14–7
36	W	January 3, 1953	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	15–14–7
37	L	January 4, 1953	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	15–15–7
38	L	January 8, 1953	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	15–16–7
39	L	January 10, 1953	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	15–17–7
40	L	January 11, 1953	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	15–18–7
41	L	January 15, 1953	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	15–19–7
42	W	January 18, 1953	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	16–19–7
43	T	January 22, 1953	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	16–19–8
44	W	January 24, 1953	9–0	New York Rangers (1952–53)	17–19–8
45	L	January 25, 1953	1–2	New York Rangers (1952–53)	17–20–8
46	T	January 29, 1953	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	17–20–9
47	T	January 31, 1953	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	17–20–10
48	W	February 1, 1953	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	18–20–10
49	W	February 5, 1953	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	19–20–10
50	L	February 8, 1953	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	19–21–10
51	W	February 12, 1953	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	20–21–10
52	W	February 14, 1953	5–4	New York Rangers (1952–53)	21–21–10
53	W	February 15, 1953	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	22–21–10
54	L	February 18, 1953	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	22–22–10
55	T	February 21, 1953	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	22–22–11
56	L	February 22, 1953	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	22–23–11
57	L	February 25, 1953	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	22–24–11
58	L	February 27, 1953	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	22–25–11
59	T	March 1, 1953	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	22–25–12
60	L	March 2, 1953	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	22–26–12
61	W	March 5, 1953	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	23–26–12
62	L	March 7, 1953	1–2	New York Rangers (1952–53)	23–27–12
63	W	March 8, 1953	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	24–27–12
64	T	March 12, 1953	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	24–27–13
65	W	March 14, 1953	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	25–27–13
66	W	March 15, 1953	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	26–27–13
67	W	March 18, 1953	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	27–27–13
68	L	March 19, 1953	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	27–28–13
69	W	March 21, 1953	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	28–28–13
70	L	March 22, 1953	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	28–29–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	65	27	17	44	63
	LW	61	14	21	35	44
	C/D	68	11	23	34	30
	LW	69	19	14	33	44
	RW	49	14	15	29	32
	LW	70	13	16	29	20
	RW	69	10	13	23	36
	RW	51	8	15	23	69
	D	70	7	15	22	31
	D	69	2	16	18	6
	RW	54	8	9	17	2
	C	45	8	8	16	14
	LW	62	5	9	14	2
	D	60	1	13	14	40
	D	54	2	10	12	36
	C	32	3	8	11	8
	D	55	0	8	8	45
	D	14	0	2	2	6
	RW	7	0	1	1	0
	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0
	G	70	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4200	70	28	29	13	172	2.46	8
Team:	4200	70	28	29	13	172	2.46	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	11	8	3	11	11
	C	11	4	5	9	10
	RW	11	3	6	9	2
	C	11	2	7	9	7
	C/D	10	5	1	6	6
	D	10	4	2	6	2
	D	11	0	4	4	4
	RW	7	2	1	3	19
	LW	11	1	2	3	9
	RW	11	0	3	3	9
	D	11	1	1	2	10
	LW	11	0	2	2	0
	D	11	0	2	2	10
	LW	7	0	1	1	6
	D	11	0	1	1	2
	D	6	0	1	1	2
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	G	9	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	510	9	5	4	26	3.06	0
	163	3	0	2	11	4.05	0
Team:	673	11	5	6	37	3.30	0

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Awards

The Boston Bruins did not win any NHL awards for the 1952–53 NHL season.

All-Star teams

First team	Position
Fleming MacKell	align=center	C
Second team	Position
Bill Quackenbush	align=center	D

Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Boston Bruins during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.

August 14, 1952	To Boston Bruins cash	To Chicago Black Hawks Ed Kryzanowski	[2] [3]
September 16, 1952	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash	To Boston Bruins Joe Klukay	[4]
October 31, 1952	To Boston Bruins Ed Kryzanowski	To Chicago Black Hawks cash	[5]

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1952–53 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-09 . 1952-53 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: NHL trades for 1952-1953 . 2021-12-08 . NHL Trade Tracker.
3. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 645 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
4. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 639 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
5. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 645 . 978-1-57243-604-6.